The Hindu 25.08.2009
Stalin inaugurates Green Tirupur Movement
Staff Reporter
Tirupur: Deputy Chief Minister M. K. Stalin inaugurated the Green Tirupur Movement of Isha Foundation by planting a sapling on the Corporation Town Hall premises here on Sunday.
The Isha Foundation volunteers with the involvement of different stakeholders in the conservation of environment planted as many as 25,000 saplings of 34 plant species across the city.
The Green Tirupur Movement has been mooted under the Project Green Hands, an ecological initiative of the Isha Foundation aimed at reversing environmental degradation and increasing the green cover in the State.
At the inaugural, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, called upon the people to joins hands with the Foundation’s efforts to keep the earth habitable to future generations.
Display responsibility
“Each individual should display responsibility to maintain the trees and take steps to plant at least a few more saplings,” he said.
Ministers M. P. Saminathan, K. Ponmudy, Pongalur N. Palanisamy and Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Mayor K. Selvaraj, Collector C. Samayamoorthy, Inspector General of Police Pramod Kumar and District Revenue Officer K. V. Muralitharan, among others, were present.
A ‘Green Marathon’ was organised soon after the inauguration, to spread the message of importance of trees for sustainable living.
The run was flagged off by film stars, Prakash Raj and Shreya.
